Stream, download & pre-order LP: http://melting-pot-music.lnk.to/velvet

Experimental hip-hop/jazz quartet Bokoya team up with Cologne-based producer / guitarist Gianni Brezzo (Jakarta Records) for ‘Velvet Stream’, the fourth single from their upcoming project on Melting Pot Music.

Bokoya describe themselves as a four-headed human drum machine that play impro-vised beat music. You can call it jazz if you like (all four members are graduated jazz musicians btw) but be ready to stumble over some Dilla, Kraut Rock, Ambient or Dub in the mix. We recommend their double-album ‘Hausensession’ (MPM 2022) as a reference point.

Gianni Brezzo's music is a bit easier to access but not less leftfield. Jazz is a major influ-ence, but it goes way further. On his album ‘Tutto Grosso’ (Jakarta, 2022), Brezzo rides a sonic wave similar to Matthew Halsall, Surprise Chef, El Michels Affair and BadBadNot-Good. 

The recording sessions took place at the Gottesweg Studios in Cologne where Bokoya and Gianni Brezzo jammed for three days and nights based on some basic sketches and beat. The sessions were edited and arranged after by Bokoya and Brezzo but no overdubs added.

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Improvised and produced by Bokoya & Gianni Brezzo.
Leon Raum - Drums 
Darius Heid - Fender Rhodes, Synth 
Lucy Liebe - Guitars, Bass 
Ferdinand Schwarz - Trumpet, Synth
Gianni Brezzo - Guitars, Sampler, Effects
Mixed & mastered by Roe Beardie.
Artwork by Jens Roth & Jeremias Diekmann. 

Cat No: MPM 320-4
Artist: Bokoya & Gianni Brezzo
Titel: Velvet Stream

© ℗ 2023 Melting Pot Music

Bokoya & Gianni Brezzo - Velvet Stream

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